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Tribes: Ascend gets my attention

Over the weekend I decided to give in and join the Tribes: Ascend open beta. Now, I saw and played the game last August at Quakecon 2011, and while I thought the game looked fantastic, the idea of being free-to-play left me running from this H-Rez Studios temptress. But those who know me know that I'm a huge fan of PC Gamer Magazine and the PCGM Podcast, and after hearing countless raves about T:A on their show I finally decided I'd better see what all the fuss is about. My first impressions with the open beta client were pretty sour. I experienced a pretty nasty bug that left me downloading the ~3GB client multiple times, validating/repairing my install more than five times, and … [Read More...]